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The trial of Isaac Campbell, a San Gabriel man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu and stuffing her body in a trash can at his friend Michael Darby's home in Arcadia, has begun at Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32653
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Darby, Michael
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Trials
Item ID
32850AN
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Newspaper Index
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Deqiang Song, 26, of Monterey Park, gets life in prison without possibility of parole, for the crime of kidnapping for ransom, and a second sentence of life in prison plus four years, for the attempted murder of his then 21-year-old victim. Song met his victim through a mutual friend and took her to Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. Then he took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County. He strangled the woman and slit her throat. He called her father for ransom. She survived.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Trials
Item ID
33167AN
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Newspaper Index
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A jury convicted DeQiang Song, 24 of Monterey Park, of the kidnapping and attempted murder of a 21-year-old woman, who he knew through a mutual friend, after taking her on a trip to Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. He then took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County and bound her, strangled her, sliced her throat with a knife and left her for dead. She survived. Song asked the victim's father for $10,000 in ransom money. He will be sentenced April 26 in Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Item ID
33084AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Chief Kurt Norwood announces his retirement. He began his career in Arcadia in March, 1987 as a firefighter. His last day will be July 9. See also Mountain Views News, p. 6, June 18, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34597
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Arcadia Fire Department employees
Norwood, Kurt
Item ID
34789AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell is on trial for a second time for the murder of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, because the trial in 2011 ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict. The prosecutor promises a new witness in this trial. Lu's body was discovered about a month after she disappeared, wrapped in plastic trash bags and left with cat litter in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32973
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33170AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jason Koh, 13, a student at First Avenue Junior High School, was named Los Angeles Theater Organ Society Organist of the Year for his performance at the Sexson Auditorium at Pasadena City College.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1894
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Koh, Jason
Item ID
1893AN
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Jason Bingham, a 16-year-old Arcadia High School student, is facing expulsion after he used a pipe as a weapon during an on-campus fight with a fellow student.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12144
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 30, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 30, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Bingham, Jason
Item ID
12340AN
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Newspaper Index
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No trial for Deyun Shi in the fatal beating of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, of Arcadia, and attack on his estranged wife in La Canada Flintridge. He was found mentally incompetent for trial. Instead he will get treatment at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murder
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34976AN
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Newspaper Index
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James Jason Stathum was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the videotaped fatal shooting of Arcadia resident Munther Farah Gharib. At the time of the shooting, Gharib was working in a La Puente convenience store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6703
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Gahrib, Munther Farah
Crime and Criminals
Stathum, James Jason
Item ID
6512AN
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James Kerames, 72, finally met his half-sister Irena Bajloz, 49, for the first time in 54 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper161
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Kerames, James
Item ID
161AN
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Newspaper Index
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For Arcadia celebrity photographer Scott Downie, this is the busiest time of the year as he prepares for Monday's Academy Awards ceremony.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12616
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
March 20, 1998
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
March 20, 1998
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Downie, Scott
Item ID
13102AN
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Jerry Collins Picnic Pavilion dedication ceremony will be held July 19, 2016 at Wilderness Park at 2240 N. Highland Oaks Drive in Arcadia. There is a memorial plaque to commemorate his life. He was a former Director of Parks and Recreation for City of Arcadia. He started his service with City of Arcadia in 1970 and had a 24 year career. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 12, July 21, 2016.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 16, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
July 16, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Recreation Department
City of Arcadia employees
Collins, Jerry-Biography
Item ID
34803AN
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Isaac Campbell, a man charged in the murder of his former girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing and was ordered to return to court July 14. Campbell has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody on $1.2 million bail. Lu's body was found September 2007 at an Arcadia residence. Her body was wrapped in a plastic bag, placed in a blue trash bin and buried under 10 gallons of cat litter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac (also spelled Campbell, Issac)
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32284AN
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Newspaper Index
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Man charged with kidnapping, beating ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. Robert Michael Mendez faces one count each of kidnapping and criminal threats and three counts of injuring a girlfriend or child's parent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35573
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Newspaper Index
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Facing expulsion from Arcadia High School for striking another student with a metal pipe, 16-year old Jason Bingham testified at a school district hearing that he used the weapon only to defend himself. The three-member panel sent its recommendation to the school board, which will make a decision in the matter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 1998
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 1998
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Bingham, Jason
Item ID
12507AN
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Arcadia resident Jason Decker was named 1997 Independent Schools National Champion by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10079
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Decker, Jason
Item ID
10033AN
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Arcadia High School valedictorian Jason Hwang will be attending University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to pursue a doctor of medicine degree.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper82
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Hwang, Jason
Item ID
82AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Steve C. Ellis is a navy petty officer 3rd class. He talks about his navy experience.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5682
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 1996
Pages
p. D 2 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 1996
Pages
p. D 2 photo
Subjects
Ellis, Steve C.
Item ID
5533AN
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War veteran Mike Velarde, 78, of Arcadia, tricked his Spanish-speaking mother into signing the paperwork to enlist in the U.S. Army at age 16. He had served in the Korean War. A photo of Velarde is shown in honor of Memorial Day. He remembers his wartime buddies who did not make it home alive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32979
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Memorial Day
Velarde, Mike
Veterans
Item ID
33176AN
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Newspaper Index
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Alhambra man Isaac Campbell was sentenced to the maximum of 11 years in prison for killing his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, 31, of San Gabriel, and then putting her body in a trash can full of kitty litter in the backyard of Campbell's friend in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33108
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33305AN
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Newspaper Index
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